Neville Goddard on Ezekiel 33:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Ezekiel 33 in context

Scripture Focus

8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Ezekiel 33:8-9

Biblical Context

God tells the watchman to warn the wicked from their way; if you fail to warn, their blood will be on your hands. If you warn and they do not turn, you have delivered your soul.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Ezekiel is a guide to the inner watchman. The wicked man is not a man outside but a state of mind that clings to fear, repetition, and self condemnation. The watchman who warns is the I AM in you speaking a new possibility into the current thought. To warn the wicked is to declare a path of turning as already complete in consciousness. The moment you say the turn is possible, you give form to a different outcome; if the outer results refuse to turn, that does not cancel your inner act. You have delivered your own soul by stating what must be stated, by refusing complicity with fear. The clause about blood on your hands dissolves when you see that your act of warning is internal discipline that frees you from guilt. Your deliverance comes as you dwell in the new state you named, trusting that the inner turning is real. This is not about controlling others but about asserting your own grandeur of awareness, the I AM that knows there is always a path of turning in every moment.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner watchman stance now. In your mind speak to the wicked thought pattern and declare that it shall turn from its way; then rest in the felt sense of the turn as already done.